BACKBEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backbeat mean? 

• BACKBEAT (noun)
  The noun BACKBEAT has 1 sense:

1. a loud steady beat

  Familiarity information: BACKBEAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKBEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud steady beat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("backbeat" is a kind of...):

beat; musical rhythm; rhythm (the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music)

Domain category:

rock; rock'n'roll; rock-and-roll; rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western)

Holonyms ("backbeat" is a part of...):

rock; rock'n'roll; rock-and-roll; rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western)